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“How to bible”. How bout this one? Proverbs 21:6 says, “Getting treasures by a lying tongue is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.” #tellthetruth ・・・

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As soon as I set foot in Liverpool it felt like home. This is the longest I ever lived anywhere as an adult and a child and I love the idea that my children will always have a clear sense of where they are from. Something I have never felt. But Liverpool needs to grapple with its past. Those buildings we walk under that make us feel like we're home, those street names we walk past that tether us to the familiar, the paintings that hang in our civic spaces that make us feel proud of our grandeur, they are built on slavery. As a port city, Liverpool's role in the oppression of and violence against black people is huge. Many people will say that this history is complex but it's not, what they mean is it's difficult for white people to think about. It's uncomfortable, it's confronting, it's unsettling but it's not complex. We need to stop making excuses, stop avoiding the facts and then maybe we'll really be standing together .
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This is my post for @clairemacblog#TogetherInMamahood HOME and JUDGEMENT.
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#liverpoolhistory#myhometown#tellthetruth#standtogether

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"What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity, when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and bombs and manipulated public opinion make it impossible for us to be authentic and fulfilled human beings?" Ben Okri asked the other day. ⠀
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"The only hope," he answers, "is in the creation of alternative values, alternative realities. The only hope is in daring to redream one's place in the world -- a beautiful act of imagination, and a sustained act of self becoming. Which is to say that in some way or another we breach and confound the accepted frontiers of things." How wonderful to have his voice to strengthen our intention to bring much needed change to broken systems & world. #deepadaptation ⠀
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On 3 Jun 2020, at 09:36, Susan Harley @icloud .com> wrote:⠀
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, Ben Okri asks me:⠀
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"What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity, when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and bombs and manipulated public opinion make it impossible for us to be authentic and fulfilled human beings?"⠀
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I've been asking myself the same question all week.⠀
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"The only hope," he answers, "is in the creation of alternative values, alternative realities. The only hope is in daring to redream one's place in the world -- a beautiful act of imagination, and a sustained act of self becoming. Which is to say that in some way or another we breach and confound the accepted frontiers of things."⠀
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There are always consequences in this Universal Beloved Love. Not to hurt or punish you. But to evolve you. Even if it takes someone going to prison for comprising and violating your life and rights. Consequences are truth seeing you are powerful. None of your actions go unseen. None.
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Make love no war within is none other using a tool of your own capacity to see you are responsible to create your space of truth. This is inescapable. It is not something you can avoid. Not something you deem no worthy to avoid. Every single moment you create either harm or love, you will feel exactly what you share unto individuals and others. No escaping this.
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#violenceisviolence#karma#love#brownblacklivesmatter#justice#silenceisviolence#abuseoftitles#criminalact#tellthetruth#truth

We need the Military to physically occupy the Media Companies, Facebook & Google Headquarters and force them to #tellthetruth
Spread the word 📡

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We need the Military to physically occupy the Media Companies, Facebook & Google Headquarters and force them to #tellthetruth
Spread the word 📡

6 hours ago

We need the Military to to physically occupy the Media Companies, Facebook & Google Headquarters; to force them to #tellthetruth !
Spread the word📡

7 hours ago

Via Benjamin Fulford
https://youtu.be/jrSMg_zOxoE

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It's 2020. The history that we teach in schools STILL does not reflect true history. Black children have grown up learning the same old lessons of subjugation and the same recycled MLK Jr quotes. It's time for culturally relevant lessons all year. It's time for our resources to include our Black students as normal everyday characters. It's time that we inspire our Black children by teaching them the greatness that lived before them and the greatness that is currently living among them.
And in the same way that accommodations for the few tend to benefit the whole class, approaching Black students in a culturally responsive way will benefit the whole class.
But you can't teach what you don't know... How are you transforming your lessons?
Or if you're a parent, how are you changing the conversations that you're having with your children?
How are you unlearning and relearning during this time?
#blacklivesmatter

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In a time when so many voices need elevated above my own, it feels strange to still be working on a book. But still, I write because that is where I make sense of chaos. Writing is where I make connections, see things my brain couldn't process on its own, and find my own peace. Sometimes I make it to my journal or to the computer, but often, the ideas seem to flow right as I wake up in the morning or in the midst of activity with my kids. In those moments, I am incredibly grateful for technology. I can open the ColorNote app and jot down my ideas, then email them to myself. For someone who doesn't generally like ebooks, I am apparently an avid e-writer. #maslowshierarchy#jesus7iamstatements#Christianity#science#parallels#faith#belief#tellthetruth

#Repost@extinctionrebellion ——
Why is 5th of June celebrated as Environment day?
This is done solely to spread awareness and encourage people to take action for the environment.
2020 has shown us that if we don't #TellTheTruth which resulted in a Pandemic and we don't #ActNow for Black Lives Matter (BLM ), we won’t create a world that centers climate justice.
XR's regenerative culture has shown us that all we need to do is empower ourselves with the image that it will happen like the little girl in this video envisioned and all it takes is a group of people having that same thought to come together.
This #worldenvironmentday , let yourself dream of what you want our world to look like. Clear skies, abundant biodiversity and a world filled with greenery.
For more info check
https://thegiganticchange.com/
Thank you @whoopigoldberg for working on this with us

I have a huge prayer happening now. My prayers shifted so much this last week. But right now, my prayer is simple.⁣
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God, give us wisdom.⁣
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In every. single. conversation. The media is FLOODED with lies. Not just news media. Human beings (SOCIAL MEDIA ). ALL OF IT. ⁣
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Experts say its blue, other experts say its yellow. Human beings say "I WAS THERE it was BLUE!" And other human beings say "I WAS THERE it was YELLOW!"⁣
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Since March I have said it is SO hard to figure out WHAT this is and what it does to who. Because experts said one thing while other experts said the opposite. (COVID )⁣
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We live in a world where manipulation is at the forefront. I REFUSE to be ANYTHING BUT transparent. I am transparent with my kids and husband, my family, my friends and my amazing fit family. It is SO UNFORTUNATE that more people do not carry this same moral.⁣
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So my prayer now is that God grants me the wisdom to decipher between fact and fallacy. I have been gifted with this ability for basically my entire life anyway, but with technology advancing, it's sometimes hard to truly know. ⁣
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I will continue this prayer not just for me, but for the world. Because God needs to save our WORLD. Not just our city, not just our commonwealth, not just our nation, BUT THE WORLD. The world needs to be healed. The lies need to end. The rhetoric itself MUST SHIFT or there will constantly be a divide in EVERY TOPIC because NO ONE will know what to believe.⁣
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Peace and Love.

COVID SAFETY - WE NEED SPACE! 🚲
5k of temporary cycle lanes have popped up across our city this morning in response to the covid19 crisis, XR Bristol members have taken it into our own hands to make this happen.
The council although having made promises again are still yet to act on them and appropriately protect us. Let’s hope this urges them to GIVE US SPACE so that we as cyclists and all those around us can be as safe as possible when travelling through the city.

I hear 51 rebels had a 4.30am wake-up call today ; ) What a beautiful way to spend this morning!
We demand that our Bristol City Council ACT NOW and make these cycle lanes permanent to help try and keep us safe particularly during our recovery through covid19.
Photo credits all to Simon Holliday 🙌

𝙸𝚏 𝚊 𝙼𝙰𝙽'𝚜 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙳 𝚒𝚜 𝙱𝙾𝙽𝙳, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗....👇🏾
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▫️Don't overpromise.*
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▫️Save promises for very impactful scenarios.
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▫️Save promises for a small select group of people.
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▫️Be successful at keeping promises to yourself 1st.
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▫️The more words that comes out of your mouth the less valuable each becomes.
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▫️Write the promise down.
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▫️When you break a promise...ask for forgiveness...and still make good on it.
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*I'm workin on this one, how bout you⁉️👇🏾
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#wordisbond#keepyourpromises
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How do you keep your word...always⁉️👇🏾
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Support 👉🏾 @menvsmediocrity
Support 👉🏾 @menvsmediocrity
Support 👉🏾 @menvsmediocrity

𝟔 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
I've had a lot of friends and people ask how they can help and be supportive during this time, in light of what recently happened to Ahmaud Arbery. I feel it is important to share with you all some books that are enlightening for everyone. But before I do, sharing your support on social media and calling it a day is not enough & doesn’t enact change. Have REAL LIFE conversations with your friends & neighbors. Yes it will be uncomfortable. Donate to organizations. Participate in local communities that support underprivileged and at risk youth of color. Write to your local legislators. LISTEN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF. Hear out other people's experiences, without having the need to vocalize.⁣⁣⁣
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Recognize within yourself that we all have implicit biases & while you are most likely not racist, systemic biases placed by our slave ridden history are buried deep within you. All of us. While I love to have these conversations with people, it's important to learn some history yourself, first. It's not our job to inform you as to WHY we feel this way, why we're being marginalized, & why this is still a problem today. To those who are sick of seeing or are annoyed by these posts and news about it, I ask you to look within yourself. Do you have close friends who are nonwhite & do you talk to them on a regular basis? Create diversity in your close circle. Not the occasional social media "hi." Accept that there will always be a part of which you will never understand. Engage with us, learn our differences, & our history, to move forward. It's easy to shut down something we don't quite readily understand, or get defensive and take it personally, when it's not targeted at you as an individual. And failing to recognize that is a problem.
1. "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣
2. "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
3. "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo⁣
4. "White Rage" by Carol Anderson
5. "Race Matters" by Cornell West⁣⁣
6. "Eloquent Rage" by Brittney C. Cooper